Example sentences of "[vb base] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fei Yen was looking down , the p'ip'a resting loosely against her breasts , her whole frame bent forward , as if she had emptied herself with the song . |
| 2 | Fei Yen was silent . |
| 3 | Fei Yen was sleeping when he came in . |
| 4 | The U's boss was not happy with the physical tactics employed by Rochdale in last Saturday 's 5–2 defeat at Spotland . |
| 5 | Thus honour was saved and general good humour restored . |
| 6 | Louise picked out a pretty little pink dress that nobody could possibly take exception to and so honour was satisfied . |
| 7 | While the tribute often remained unpaid , as in the case of Sicily , where an annual payment of 30,000 tarims ( about £100,000 ) had been agreed on in Frederick 's minority , it provided a source of income which the political activities of the popes in their dealings with the separate kingdoms suggest was definitely worthwhile . |
| 8 | The onle thing we ever ownd was a hamster and he got dun in by Mr Blackadder . |
| 9 | More land was purchased for playgrounds in 1837 and 1839 ; a rent-free house for the Usher was added in 1839 . |
| 10 | Usher was not far from the edge of the Kalahari desert and the local people often went hungry . |
| 11 | It meant , or it might mean , that you screenplay was receiving serious , even agonized , consideration . |
| 12 | On the next point , what initially appeared to have been an ace down the middle by Forget was shown to be no more than wishful thinking by spectators now spending more time on their feet than in their seats . |
| 13 | Another superb serve led to no more than a defensive return from Sampras and Forget was so confident that the American would not be able to return his first volley that he only just stopped himself from throwing his racket into the air as he started to dance for joy along with the crowd . |
| 14 | Fit was pretty good , leaving a trace of cheap-feeling rock in the ‘ T ’ handle , but none in the conventional unit . |
| 15 | Quoted errors refer to the last significant digit ; the r.m.s. phase residual for the least-squares fit was 15μs . |
| 16 | The fact that manufacturer B produced a safer razor after the razor in question had been supplied by manufacturer A is not enough to enable us to say that manufacturer A's razor was defective . |
| 17 | It seems most likely that an appreciable quantity of unreduced bis(2-azidoethyl)ether was still present in the ‘ diamine ’ . |
| 18 | The anticipation overcame her fear , and there was fear : the thing which had most made her hesitate was the thought of the deaths of her two friends . |
| 19 | I said nothing , but I had no idea who Pyke was and what he 'd done . |
| 20 | Want was all he could do , for his body had long ago ceased to function in that way . |
| 21 | ‘ The document the kidnappers want was written by Vicente Ortiz , ’ said Charlotte in a rush . |
| 22 | ‘ Richmond 's complaint is based on what they say was shown up by the video . |
| 23 | Very heavy Syrian casualties would apparently have been deemed a lesser price to pay than the probable failure of anything less than what the general 's men say was planned : a full-scale armoured and infantry assault involving 40,000 men on five main axes along a 50-kilometre front . |
| 24 | The couple decided to visit Gregory , who they say was very apologetic about it all . |
| 25 | Dior scored a recent success with the launch of Dune , which industry sources say was among the most popular lines at Christmas . |
| 26 | The last thing he remembered Rufus say was uttered on a murmuring chuckle . |
| 27 | No one supposes that international relations can be fully understood just by assembling a patchwork of what the actors say was in their minds . |
| 28 | say was wonderful , but I think we should maybe try and just gather them together and |
| 29 | Oh we used to work er f er six days a week , er all day Saturdays erm eight to eight and er eight till eight at n at er eight till seven at night or er or eight till eight at erm most shifts was early , they used to have a a an hour er an hour break of a dinner time er sometimes they only used to have half an hour at night because , I mean well once you 've got er y y you was there , once you get you shift done it was no good sitting there doing for an hour and er it , it varies on what production what was wanted and how far advanced you was or how far behind you was , you know , but er the average hours was as I say was ten hours a shift that was working shift , you worked ten hours and then a break in between , ten minutes , half an hour |
| 30 | What you could have done say was this one here that 's marked E does n't have to be all of those who supported Everton , it could be just that bit . |